Private tasting – The reds
The cava and white wine enjoyed at a recent private tasting (ever thought of this for your club/association/group? Always great fun!) can be seen...
The culture of wine and its impact on the youth of...
There was no alcohol in our house when I was growing up on the Wirral (that peninsular between Liverpool and North Wales bordered by...
Private tasting – The whites!
I’m delighted to say that each year, for the past five or so, I’ve been invited to present a wine tasting for clients of...
Focussing on monovarietals and their terroirs
Viewing the labels of the portfolio of wines made by Casa Rojo is akin to a visit to a contemporary art gallery. This innovative...
Albariño at Pazo de Señoráns
The small portfolio – just three wines – of Pazo de Señorans consistently earns over 90 points (out of 100) in whichever Spanish (and...
Why we should drink Cava all year round!
If the trend over the last decade continues, and I've no reason to believe it won't, it's likely that we will see, when the...
Fizzing good wines from Bodegas Iniesta
As regular readers may remember, I used to be rather heavily involved in the world of football, from both amateur and professional perspectives. Like...
El Salze – Monastrell, and some!
It’s just two years since I was invited to taste a new wine from Bodegas Vins del Comtat within the hallowed portals of DOP...
The pruning pyres of Jalón
My first experience of the phenomenon this season was in fact during the dying embers (pun intended!) of December. A thin blanket of frost...
Coming soon – Wine untouched by human hand
In October 2016, I wrote an article contrasting two vineyard philosophies – on the one hand, in a delightfully bucolic cameo, camels were being...
Celler Alimara
One of the things I like most about the new British owned and worked bodega Celler Alimara (http://celleralimara.com), is their quite obvious ‘connection’ with...
Final Musical Dinner with Paired Wines 2017
Our final Musical Dinner with Paired Wines of 2017 was held early December in Moraira harbour’s Club Nautico Restaurant. Whilst such dinners are usually...
New Year resolutions for 2018
I won’t be the only journalist thinking about New Year Resolutions right now (at the time of writing it’s a week before Christmas), I’m...
Cork Talk highlights of 2017
Firstly – Happy Christmas to You! Many thanks for reading Cork Talk!
Whilst all the following highlights are exactly that, highlights, there can be no...
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Brexit passport rule changes
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